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March 22, 2017 Baking, Bread, Italian Recipes, Main Courses, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas

Calzone Recipe – How to Make Calzone from Start to Finish – Calzone Made with No Knead Pizza Dough

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Calzone Recipe - How to Make Calzone from Start to Finish - Calzone Made with No Knead Pizza Dough
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Recipe type: Pizza
Cuisine: Italian
 
Some time ago we briefly touched on no-knead pizza dough. Today we will deal with this in more detail when we make a wonderful tasty and aromatic calzone from start to finish.
Ingredients
For the Dough (enough for 4 bases)
  • 500g All-purpose flour / double zero / cake flour
  • 1.25ml Dried yeast
  • 10ml Salt
  • 360ml Water
For the Calzone Filling (for 1 Calzone)
  • 4 Rashers streaky bacon, fried and chopped into bits
  • 60g Pizza salami
  • 100g Mozzarella cheese
  • 100g Mature cheddar cheese
  • Fresh basil
  • Cherry tomatoes,sliced
Instructions
  1. To make the dough, place 500g of all-purpose flour in a large tub. Add a quarter teaspoon of dried yeast and 2 teaspoons of salt and stir this in.
  2. Pour in the water and use your paddle to mix this together until the dough balls up and comes cleanly away from the sides of the bowl, with no more loose flour in the the mix.
  3. Put the lid on the bowl and allow this to stand at room temperature for 18 to 24 hours to develop.
  4. After this time the dough will have more than doubled in size and you will see bubbles in the surface of the dough.
  5. Use a scale to divide the dough into 4 equal portions.
  6. The dough will be quite sticky, and we need to work about 25g of additional flour into each potion.
  7. Flour the work with some of the flour, place portion of dough on the surface and scatter more flour over the top of the dough portion.
  8. Start working the flour into the dough by flattening it and folding it lightly until all or most of the flour is incorporated.
  9. Don't knead the dough as you would normally.... work gently so as not to overdevelop the gluten.
  10. Put this aside and continue with the remaining portions.
  11. To roll the pizza bases, lightly flour your work surface, place a portion of the dough on the flour and lightly flour the top of the dough as well.
  12. Us your rolling pin to roll this out into a circle of 12 inches or 30cm in diameter.
  13. Transfer this to a baking sheet.
  14. Cover one half of the dough with 100g of sliced mozzarella cheese.
  15. Top this with 60g of sliced pizza salami.
  16. Top this with 100g of lightly fried and chopped streaky bacon.
  17. Add the sliced cherry tomatoes and the fresh basil leaves.
  18. Last but not least, finish this off with 100g of grated mature cheddar cheese.
  19. Fold the blank side of the base up and over the filling and match up the edges of the base.
  20. Working one side to the other, secure the seal by folding and crimping the edges together.
  21. Use a paring knife or skewer to poke two steam holes in the top of the calzone.
  22. Zap this into a preheated oven at 250c or 480f until crispy and golden.... about 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the efficiency of your oven.
  23. And there we have it... a beautifully browned and crisped calzone filled with heavenly cheeses, bacon and salami.

 

March 20, 2017 Baking, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Fish Recipes, Seafood, Snack Food, Starters

Gourmet Crabstick Sausage Rolls – Crabsticks in Puff Pastry with Thousand Island Dill Sauce!!!

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Gourmet Crabstick Sausage Rolls - Crabsticks in Puff Pastry with Thousand Island Dill Sauce!!!
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Recipe type: Seafood / Snacks
Serves: 3
 
In our previous episode we made an amazing hybrid hotdog. In today's episode we're making another unusual creation that I call the crab dog, and this how it goes...
Ingredients
For 3 Crabdogs
  • 6 Crabsticks
  • 1 x 400g Roll puff pastry
  • 30ml Tomato sauce
  • 30ml Mayonnaise
  • 30ml Finely chopped fresh dill
  • Zest of one small lemon or lime
  • Salt and pepper to season
  • 1 Egg, beaten
  • Sesame seeds
Instructions
  1. To start, finely chop fresh dill, finely grate the zest of one small lemon or lime and measure out the tomato sauce and mayonnaise.
  2. Season the tomato sauce a mayonnaise with salt and pepper.
  3. Add the dill and zest to these and mix it all until well combined.
  4. You will also need 6 crabsticks.
  5. Unroll the puff pastry and place 2 of the crabsticks at the end of the roll.
  6. Spoon a third of the sauce over the crabsticks.
  7. Use the separator plastic to roll the pastry up and over the crabsticks. Press down the ends of the pastry to seal and trim the roll from the pastry.
  8. Trim the excess pastry from the edges and use a fork to crimp the ends.
  9. Continue with the remaining rolls.
  10. Line a baking sheet with parchment and transfer the rolls to the sheet.
  11. Brush the rolls with the beaten egg ans sprinkle the tops of the rolls with sesame seed.
  12. Bake the rolls in a preheated oven at 200c for 30 to 35 minutes until crispy and golden and nicely puffed up.
  13. Serve the rolls immediately with the accompaniments of your choice.

 

March 19, 2017 4th of July Cookout, Baking, Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Pork, Snack Food

Hybrid Hotdogs – Super Easy Sausage Rolls – Tasty, Crispy Hotdog in Puff Pastry!!!

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Hybrid Hotdogs - Super Easy Sausage Rolls - Tasty, Crispy Hotdog in Puff Pastry!!!
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Recipe type: Snacks / Fast Food
Serves: 6
 
Today we're going to make a hybrid hotdog.... or the simplest sausage roll ever. A hotdog sausage wrapped in puff pastry with tomato sauce and mustard is amazing, however there is a trick to making this work, otherwise you will end up with a gooey mess.... and here it is...
Ingredients
For 6 Hotdogs
  • 6 Vienna sausages
  • 2 x 400g Rolls puff pastry
  • Tomato sauce (ketchup)
  • Mustard
  • 1 Egg, beaten
Instructions
  1. Slice the vienna sausage at an angle all the way down the length of the sausage.
  2. Flip the sausage over and repeat this.
  3. When the sausage bakes in the pastry with the sauces, the sauce pulls in to the sausage instead of making the pastry wet and doughy.
  4. Continue with this until all of the viennas are cut.
  5. Unroll the puff pastry and place a vienna at the end of the roll.
  6. Give the vienna a dose of tomato sauce and mustard.
  7. Use the plastic separator yo roll up the puff pastry to enclose the vienna.
  8. Press down the edges of the pastry, and trim off the sausage roll.
  9. Add another sausage to the pastry and continue the process until all of the sausage rolls are formed.
  10. From a standard 400g pack of puff pastry, you should get 3 rolls. Simply multiply out the recipe to get the quantity you require.
  11. Line a baking sheet with parchment and transfer the sausage rolls to the sheet.
  12. Brush the hybrid hotdogs with beaten and bake them in a preheated oven at 200c or 400f until crispy and golden and nicely puffed up.
  13. Serve the baked hotdogs immediately with the accompaniments of you choice.

 

March 18, 2017 Distilling Alcohol

Serious Distilling with Brewcraft, Still Spirits & Grainfather – Grainfather Making Whiskey Part 1

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Hi and welcome to episode 554 with Whats4Chow.com and anothe episode in our series, Serious Distilling with Brewcraft, Still Spirits and Grainfather.
In our previous distilling episode we unboxed and assembled the mighty Grainfather.
Today we’re going to put it through its paces as we mash a full load of grain to make a classic all-grain whisky.
To make this simple whisky, we need 3 kilograms of peated malt and 4 kilograms of pale malt.
You will also need a sachet of Still Spirits whisky distillers yeast, a Still Spirits Turbo clearing kit and 4 kilograms of sugar or dextrose.
Before starting, make sure the thermometer housing is properly fastened and that the joint at base of the recirculation riser pipe is secure.
Add 20 liters of water to the pot. Set the temperature on the controller to 68c and flip the switch for the element to the boil position. To get everything going, switch the main switch on at the base of the unit.
Pour the sugar into the pot and give it good stir until totally dissolved.
Position the extendable overflow pipe in the boiler sleeve, place the sleeve in the boiler and fit the overflow stopper to the top of the pipe. This prevents grain from spilling into the overflow pipe as we pour it into the pot.
Pour the grain into the pot in small batches, stirring between each addition to make all of the grain is wet and there are dry clumps.
Once all of the grain is added, remove the overflow stopper and insert the top mesh plate. Press the plate down until it just touches the mash. Don’t go any further as compressing the mash will impede circulation of the wort through the grain.
Seat the overflow inlet sleeve onto the overflow pipe. This will keep the perforated plate level.
Place the lid on the boiler and attach the recirculation bridge making sure the tube goes through the hole in the lid.
Turn on the pump. By this stage the temperature will have stabilized at around 68c and this process needs to continue as is for 60 minutes. Set the switch at the base of the unit to the mashing position.
At first the overflow will be very apparent. As the grain gets saturated, more and more of the wort will drop through the perforated plate and will filter through the grain instead going directly through the overflow.
After 60 minutes, turn off the pump, allow the recirculation bridge to drain and remover the the recirculation bridge.
Remove the lid and use the stainless steel handle to lift the boiler sleeve upwards. Swivel the boiler sleeve and rest the small triangular feet on the rest inside the top of the boiler.
at this stage the grain will have settled considerably. Press the upper perforated plate down until it sits on top of the grain.
Pour in 5 liters of water to rinse or sparge the grain. Do this a little at a time, as flooding the top grain will cause the process to block.
Once all of the water has been added, allow the grain to drain for 60 minutes.
Once the draining has completed, re-attach the recirculation bridge with the bridge facing outwards.
Place the plastic tube in the fermentation vessel and turn on the pump.
Allow the wort to cool to 35c then add the Still Spirits ewhisky yeast.
Give it a good stir, then screw on the lid with the airlock in place.
Transfer the fermentation vessel to a warm shady place to ferment. Depending on the ambient temperature, this could take anything from 7 to 10 days to complete.
To purger the pump on the Grainfather, fill the boiler with 15 liters of water. Place an empty container under the recirculation pipe and switch on the pump. This will effectively wash out the pump and the recirculation riser and bridge.
Rinse out the boiler and wash the inside with a mild detergent. Rinse again and you’re done.
Join us next week for part 2 of this whisky saga when we clarify the wort and distill this in the Grainfather using the alembic lid.

March 16, 2017 Beef, Irish Recipes, Main Courses, Potato Recipes, Sauce Recipes, Steak

Guinness Glazed Steak with Leprechaun Mash – St Patrick’s Day Special Glazed Steak Recipe!!!

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Guinness Glazed Steak with Leprechaun Mash - St Patrick's Day Special Glazed Steak Recipe!!!
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Recipe type: Steak / St Patrick's Day
Cuisine: Irish
Serves: 2
 
Tomorrow is St. Patrick's day and to celebrate, we're going to grill an incredible Guinness glazed steak and serve this up on a bed of Leprechaun mash.
Ingredients
For the Glaze / Marinade
  • 150ml Guinness stout
  • 30ml Demerara sugar
  • 100ml Worcestershire sauce
  • 15ml Tomato sauce
  • 5ml Salt
For the Steak
  • 2 x 250g Sirloin steaks
  • 30g Butter
To Sreve
  • 600g Prepared mashed potato
  • 25g Garlic chives
  • 25g Parsley
  • 125ml Sour cream
Instructions
  1. Starting with the glaze, which is also the marinade. In a jug combine the salt, tomato sauce, Demerara sugar, Guinness stout and Worcestershire sauce and stir this until all of the sugar and salt has dissolved.
  2. Place the sirloin steaks in a stainless steel tray and pour in the marinade. Allow this marinate for 2 hours, turning the steaks every 30 minutes.
  3. minutes before the end of the marinating time, roughly chop the chives and parsley.
  4. Place these in a tall jug along with the sour cream.
  5. Use your stick blender to machine this until fine.
  6. Pour the mixture into the prepared mashed potato and mix it in thoroughly.
  7. Cover the mash and keep it warm.
  8. Remove the steaks from the marinade and put these aside.
  9. Heat a large pan over medium high heat and pour in the marinade. Bring this to a boil, lower the heat and simmer the marinade until it has reduced to half. Stir continuously while the glaze reduces.
  10. Remove this from the heat and put it aside.
  11. Heat another pan over medium high heat and 30g of butter.
  12. Grill the steaks for 3 to 4 minutes per side for medium rare or until done to your liking.
  13. Remove this pan from the heat and return the glaze to the heat.
  14. Add the steaks to the glaze and wipe them around the pan until completely coated and glossy.
  15. To serve, pipe the green mash onto a serving platter to form a platform for the steak.
  16. Transfer the steak to a cutting board and slice it at an angle into strips.
  17. Lift the steak up and place it on top of the mash.
  18. Drizzle the steak with half of the leftover glaze and serve immediately.

 

March 14, 2017 Cocktail Snacks, Finger Foods, Fish Recipes, Main Courses, Seafood, Snack Food, Starters

Fish Nuggets – How to Make Golden, Crispy Fish Nuggets – Homemade Fish Nuggets

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Fish Nuggets - How to Make Golden, Crispy Fish Nuggets - Homemade Fish Nuggets
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Recipe type: Seafood / Fish
 
These fish nuggets are out of this world. Spiced up with cracked black pepper and cayenne, they can serve as a main course, as part of a seafood platter, or as snacks at a cocktail party... and if you omit the cayenne pepper, kids will love them too.
Ingredients
  • 800g Monkfish, or any firm white fish
  • 250g All-purpose flour
  • 30ml Cracked black pepper
  • 15ml Cayenne pepper
  • 15ml Fine salt
  • 4 Eggs
Instructions
  1. Starting with the coating, combine the salt, cracked black pepper and cayenne pepper with the all-purpose flour and stir this until totally combined.
  2. Place the eggs in a jug and whisk these thoroughly until all of the albumen has broken down.
  3. Pour the eggs into a large bowl.
  4. For the fish, I am using monkfish, but you can use any firm fish.
  5. Remove the fillets from the spine and cut the fish into bite-size pieces.
  6. To coat the nuggets, start by sprinkling a layer of the seasoned flour over a large platter. This is where the coated fish will set, and the thin layer of flour will prevent the coating from sticking to the platter and getting damaged. Put this aside.
  7. Drop 6 to 8 pieces of fish into the seasoned flour and toss them to coat. This dries the surface of the fish in preparation for the egg. Transfer these to another platter and continue until all of the fish has had its first coating.
  8. Working with one nugget at a time, dip the nugget in the egg to wet all of the flour, then transfer it to the flour to get a good solid coating all over. Transfer this to the setting platter and continue until all of the nuggets are coated.
  9. Allow the coating to set for 20 minutes before continuing.
  10. Half fill a large pan with oil and heat this to 160c or 320f. Carefully lower the nuggets into the oil and fry the fish for 3 minutes until crispy and golden. Use a slotted spoon to remove the nuggets from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  11. For this quantity of fish, you will need to fry the nuggets in 2 or 3 batches.
  12. Serve the nuggets immediately with lemon or lime wedges and dipping sauces and accompaniments of your choice.

 

March 11, 2017 Baking, Cheese, Dessert, Sweets, Valentine's Recipes

Creamy Refrigerator Cheesecake Recipe – How to Make Amazing Cheesecake. Double Crust Cheesecake.

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Creamy Refrigerator Cheesecake Recipe - How to Make Amazing Cheesecake. Double Crust Cheesecake.
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Recipe type: Dessert
 
Today we're doing something a little different. Cheesecake is an all-time favorite, but it's even better when it's quick and easy, light and creamy, and tastes like heaven.
Ingredients
For the Crust
  • 200g Graham crackers or tennis biscuits
  • 120g Butter, melted
  • 25g Sugar
For the Filling
  • 200g Butter at room temperature
  • 200g Sugar
  • 1Egg
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 250g Cream cheese (soft)
  • 200g Sour cream
Instructions
  1. To start, break the crackers or t-biscuits into bits and place them in your food processor.
  2. Pulse the machine 3 or 4 times until you have an even mass of crumbs.
  3. Pour in the sugar and melted butter.
  4. Machine this for about 30 seconds rocking the machine back and forth. This helps to get a good even blend.
  5. You will end up with a crumbly mass of pastry.
  6. Cut a circle of baking parchment to fit the bottom of a 10 inch or 25cm springform pan. Lock the bottom of the pan into place and insert the parchment.
  7. Smear a thin layer of butter around the edge of the pan. Cut a long strip of parchment just slightly wider than the height of the pan. Place the strip around the inside pf the pan. The butter will keep this in place. Depending on the size of your roll of parchment, you may have to cut 2 strips to cover the circumference.
  8. Pour two thirds of the crumbed mixture into the pan and spread this evenly across the base. Smooth this off lightly with the back of your spoon. Try not to compress the base, it should be light and crumbly.
  9. Transfer the pan yo your freezer for 30 minutes to set while you continue with the filling.
  10. In a bowl or large jug, combine the sour cream and the cream cheese. Mix it thoroughly making sure you have a soft homogenous mixture.
  11. Add the softened butter to your stand mixer along with the sugar and the egg and additional egg yolk.
  12. Attach the beater paddle and beat the mixture for 10 minutes until it is light and fluffy.
  13. Remove the bowl from your mixer and pour in the cream cheese mixture.
  14. Fold the cream cheese mixture into the butter and egg. This should be done gently so as not to knock the air out of the creamy whipped butter, however you do need to make sure it is quite well combined.
  15. Remove the springform pan from the freezer and pour the filling into the center of the pan.
  16. Spread it out evenly from the center outwards.
  17. Pour the remaining crumbs over the top of the filling and spread this evenly across the filling.
  18. Use the back of a spoon to smooth this off, taking care not to compress the crumb to much.
  19. Cover the cheesecake and transfer it to your refrigerator for 24 hours to set before cutting and serving.

 

March 9, 2017 Italian Recipes, Main Courses, Mediterranean Recipes, Pasta, Sauce Recipes

Pasta Pesto – How to Make Pasta with Basil Pesto – Quick & Easy Comfort Food!!!

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Pasta Pesto - How to Make Pasta with Basil Pesto - Quick & Easy Comfort Food!!!
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Recipe type: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
 
In yesterday's episode we made a batch of basil pesto. Today we're going to use the pesto to make an amazing bowl of real comfort food, pasta with basil pesto.
Ingredients
  • Pasta of your choice (Dry weight 500g)
  • 6 Slices streaky bacon (good quality smoked)
  • 16 Cherry tomatoes
  • 75g Parmesan cheese (or Grano or Romano)
  • 120ml Basil pesto
Instructions
  1. Measure out the pesto, finely shred the Parmesan. You can also use Grano Padano or Romano. Slice the cherry tomatoes into halves, and cut the streaky bacon across the grain into thin strips.
  2. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions, drain the pasta and put this aside.
  3. Add a tablespoon of butter to a smoking hot pan and fry the bacon until is golden and starting to crisp on the edges.... about 90 seconds.
  4. Add the cherry tomatoes and continue to fry for a further 60 seconds before removing the pan from the heat.
  5. Pour the pasta into a serving bowl, add the bacon and tomato mixture and stir this in.
  6. Add the basil pesto and the Parmesan.
  7. Use two forks to toss the pasta until everything is well distributed.
  8. Serve the pasta immediately garnished with more fresh basil and the accompaniments of your choice.

 

March 8, 2017 Accompaniments, Garnishes, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Sauce Recipes, Vegan Recipes, Vegetable, Vegetarian Recipes

How to Make REAL Basil Pesto – Quick & Easy Basil Pesto Recipe – Homemade Basil Pesto

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How to Make REAL Basil Pesto - Quick & Easy Basil Pesto Recipe - Homemade Basil Pesto
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Recipe type: Sauce
Cuisine: Italian
 
Basil pesto is one of the classics, and it really can be used to enhance and flavor a myriad of dishes. It is super simple and quick to make, but bare in mind that to experience the real deal, you must use pine nuts. Any other substitute will result in a poor imitation.
Ingredients
  • 2 Cups fresh basil leaves (packed tightly)
  • 15ml Crushed garlic
  • 60ml Pine nuts
  • 160ml Olive oil
  • 125ml Finely shredded Parmesan, Romano or Grano
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. To start, measure out the fresh basil leaves, crushed garlic, pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil, and Parmesan cheese.
  2. Place the basil, garlic, pine nuts and half of the olive oil in a tall jug.
  3. Use your stick blender to machine these until fine.
  4. Add the remaining oil and mix this in.
  5. Add the finely shredded Parmesan cheese and mix this in thoroughly. Season the pesto with salt and pepper to taste.
  6. Use a bottling funnel to transfer the pesto to a sterilized jar and refrigerate until required.
  7. The pesto will last for a few months in your refrigerator, however, it will lose a little flavor over time.

 

March 6, 2017 Distilling Alcohol

Grainfather Unboxing and Assembly – Serious Distilling with Brewcraft, Still Spirits & Grainfather

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Grainfather Unboxing and Assembly – Serious Distilling with Brewcraft, Still Spirits & Grainfather

Hi and welcome to episode 548 with Whats4Chow.com and the next episode in our short course, Serious Distilling with Brewcraft, Still Spirits and Grainfather.
Up until now we have covered everything with regard to the Still Spirits equipment and products. Today we move on to look at the Grainfather brewing and distilling system, as we find out what comes in the box and how it all fits together.

The core of the system is an excellent quality brushed stainless steel boiler, the cooler coil, the computer controller, all the necessary flow pipes and filters, and the stainless steel boiler sleeve.
Step 1 in assembly… attach the hose to the recirculation bridge. Also make sure that the silicon seal is seated correctly on the threaded side of the bridge. Put this aside for now.
Unwrap the ties from the power cable and thermometer probe attached to the computer controller. On the back of the controller you will find 2 large studs. Feed the power cable and thermometer lead through the cage on the side of the boiler.
Insert the studs into the face plate and lower the computer module into the cage to secure.
You will notice that the lid has a built-in self closing mechanism which is a nice touch.
Unwrap the cables that emerge from the pump housing and the base of the boiler. The cables are clearly marked… plug these into their corresponding inputs on the underside of the computer module.
Insert the thermometer probe into the thermometer housing near the base of the boiler.
Next up is the recircultion system. This pipe rising from the pump module is the riser for the recirculation system.
Make sure the end-cap is securely fitted to the filter. Press the silicon T-connector from the filter onto the nipple that leads to the filter located next to the thermometer receiver inside the boiler.
Make sure that all of the shipping packaging has been removed from the boiler before doing this.
Take one of the perforated filter plates and the internal flow drainage pipe.
Make sure the silicon seal is seated correctly on the surround of the plate.
Insert the plate into the boiler sleeve. It is a fairly tight fit, but with a little patience, it does go in. Push this all the way to the bottom of the boiler sleeve.
Unscrew the threaded nut from the one end of the overflow pipe, insert the threaded end of the pipe through the plate from the inside of the boiler sleeve and secure this with the nut.
Place the extendable riser onto the overflow pipe and cap this off with the end stopper.
Insert the boiler sleeve by rotating it until the little triangular feet at the bottom of the sleeve fit past the sleeve rest at the top of the boiler. We will only insert the second perforated once the grain has been added to the boiler, which will be covered in consequent episodes.
Place the glass lid on the boiler, screw the recirculation bridge onto the recirculation riser pipe, with the flexible hose dropping the hole in the center of the lid.
Please take heed that the spring clips are not used to secure the glass lid. They are only used when distilling with the alembic dome lid.
To attach the cooling coil for cooling the mash, unpack all of the tubes from the center of the cooling coil.
The blue tube attaches to your cold water tap and a collection of different fittings is supplied to achieve this.
The top clear tube attaches to the recirculation riser pipe, while the bottom clear tube runs the mash back through the glass lid into the boiler.
The red tube runs the waste water to the sink or drain.
Unscrew the recirculation bridge from the riser pipe.
Run the lower clear tube up the outside of the cooling coil and drop it through the center hole of the unit.
Place the cooling coil on the lid of the boiler making sure to run the clear tube through the lid.
Attach the upper clear tube to the recirculation riser.
Attach the blue tube to your tap, and place the red tube in your runoff and you’re done.
Just note before we close, the recirculation bridge is used to circulate the mash during mashing or cooking, and the cooler is used to cool the cooked mash. This will be covered in episodes to come.
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March 1, 2017 Chicken Recipes, Curing Meats, KFC Recipes, Main Courses, Poutry

KFC Crunch Burger – How to Make the KFC Crunch Burger at Home!!!

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KFC Crunch Burger - How to Make the KFC Crunch Burger at Home!!!
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Recipe type: KFC
Cuisine: Chicken
Serves: 4
 
The KFC Crunch burger is one of the most recent additions to the KFC menu. Crispier and crunchier than the regular KFC burger, and almost as spicy as the KFC Zinger, the Crunch Burger is outstanding. This is how to make your own amazing Crunch Burger at home.
Ingredients
For the Curing Brine
  • 3 Liters water
  • 90g Prague powder #2
  • 35ml White pepper
  • 15ml Cayenne pepper
For the Coating
  • 5ml Citric acid
  • 500ml All purpose flour
  • 80ml Tapioca flour (or cornstarch if you cannot find tapioca)
  • 30ml White pepper
  • 30ml Cayenne pepper
  • 30ml Salt
  • 4 Eggs
For the Sauce
  • 60ml Tangy mayonnaise
  • 30ml Thin pepper sauce (Tabasco or Lea & Perrins)
Other
  • 4 Burger buns
  • Lettuce
  • 4 Slices processed cheese
Instructions
  1. Pour 3 liters of water into a medium size pot. Measure out the Prague powder, white pepper and cayenne pepper and add these to the pot.
  2. Place the pot over medium high heat, bring it to a boil, reduce the heat and allow it to simmer for 10 minutes.
  3. Quick cool the brine by floating the pot in a sink of cold water.
  4. When the brine has cooled significantly, pour it into a non-reactive container.
  5. Place the chicken breasts in the brine, clip the lid on the container and transfer it to your refrigerator for 24 hours to cure.
  6. The following day, make up the coating mixture by combining the all-purpose flour, tapioca flour, citric acid, salt, cayenne pepper and white pepper.
  7. Whisk the eggs thoroughly and pour these into a large bowl.
  8. Remove the chicken breasts from the brine and pat them dry using a clean kitchen cloth.
  9. Trim away the fillets from the breasts. Save these for stir-fry or KFC Popcorn.
  10. Place the breast smooth side up on your board and gently flatten them out with your meat mallet.
  11. Before coating the breasts, sprinkle some of the seasoned flour over a large platter. This is where the coated chicken will set, and the flour will prevent the coating from sticking to the platter and getting damaged.
  12. Working with one breast at a time, dredge the breast in the flour to coat the surface.
  13. Transfer it to the egg to wet all of the flour.
  14. Then back to the flour to get a good coating all over.
  15. Then back to the egg to wet all of the flour....
  16. Then a third and final coating of flour.
  17. Transfer the breast to the platter to set and continue with the remaining breasts.
  18. While the coating sets, combine the hot pepper sauce and the mayonnaise. You can use any thin hot pepper sauce like Tabasco or Lea and Perins.
  19. Cut the burger buns, unwrap the cheese slices and portion the lettuce.
  20. Half fill a wok or large pan with oil and heat this to 160c.
  21. Carefully lower the chicken breasts into the oil and fry these for 6 minutes, turning them every 90 seconds.
  22. Remove the breast from the oil and drain any excess oil on kitchen paper.
  23. To make up the burger, spread a little sauce on the lower bun an place a breast on top of this.
  24. Top the bun with the processed cheese slice and a generous dose of lettuce.
  25. Give lettuce a generous dollop of sauce and you're done.
  26. And there it is.... simple genius from KFC.... made at home.

 

February 25, 2017 Curing Meats, Italian Recipes, Mediterranean Recipes, Pizzas, Pork, Sausage Making

How to Make Pizza Salami – Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami

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How to Make Pizza Salami - Full Flavored and Aromatic Cooked Salami
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Recipe type: Cured Meat
Cuisine: Italian
 
Pizza salami, or cooked salami is the super-quick way to get amazing tasting cured salami without the long curing time. As it is not dry-aged like fermented salami, the moisture content is far higher than its counterpart, which makes it far more suitable as a pizza topping. This how to make it....
Ingredients
  • 1800g Pork Shoulder (boneless, skin off)
  • 450g Pork back fat
  • 50g Kosher salt (or Himalayan rock salt)
  • 6g Prague powder
  • 45g Golden syrup
  • 12g Fennel seeds
  • 12g Cracked black pepper
  • 6g Fresh crushed garlic
  • 125ml Dry red wine
Other
  • 6-7 Mini-salami casings
  • 6-7 Snap ties
Instructions
  1. Cut the pork shoulder into slices narrow enough to fit through the feeder tube of your meat grinder.
  2. Cut the pork back fat into strips as well.
  3. Place the 2 trays in your freezer for 60 minutes to get really cold, even partially frozen.
  4. While the meat chills, measure out the salt, Prague powder, fennel seeds, roughly cracked black pepper and garlic.
  5. Combine the golden syrup with the red wine and mix this until the syrup has totally dissolved.
  6. Fit the 8mm plate to your grinder and run the fat through the grinder.
  7. After this, run the pork through the grinder.
  8. Place the ground meat and fat into your stand mixer bowl.
  9. Unless you have had delays, the meat and fat should still be really cold. If it isn't, return it to the freezer until well chilled before continuing.
  10. Add all of the remaining ingredients to the mixer bowl as well.
  11. Place the bowl on your mixer with the dough hook fitted and mix this for 5 to 8 minutes on medium slow speed, until everything is well combined.
  12. Cover the bowl with cling-wrap and place it your refrigerator for 24 hours to cure.
  13. The following day, load the meat into the hopper of your sausage stuffer and fit the 40mm funnel to the stuffer.
  14. Slide a min-salami casing onto the funnel and start cranking. You need to keep a reasonable pressure on the casing to ensure that the meat is well compacted in the casing.
  15. As it comes to the end of the casing, stop cranking and remove the casing.
  16. Twist off the end of the casing and use a snap-tie or zip tie to secure the end. Using a small pair of pliers can be a big help in tightening the tie.
  17. Once all of the salamis are formed, use a carving fork to poke holes along one side of the casings.
  18. Transfer the salamis to a rack in a large roasting tin with the perforated sides facing downward.
  19. Cook these in a preheated oven set at 90c or 194f until the internal temperature reaches anywhere between 67c and 72c, or in farenheit, between 152 and 162f.
  20. This process will take between 3 and a half hours and 4 hours.
  21. Towards the end of this time, remove one of the salamis from the oven and check the internal temperature by inserting a probe thermometer from end down the middle.
  22. When the temperature is in the safe zone, remove the salamis from the oven. Allow them to cool completely, then transfer them to your refrigerator to set overnight. If you try to cut them before this, half of the salami with remain stuck to the casing.
  23. And there it is, beautifully rosy, rich and aromatic cooked salami.... ready to eat, and ready to treat.

 

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